Tech
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Play Golf Again with AdapTee Golf
Slingshot Golf is an adapted sport for folks of ALL SCI levels. An able-bodied assistant, and specialized slingshot and pendulum are required. See how it’s played as demoed by Josh Basile, a lifelong golf junkie and C4-5 quadriplegic who created this sport. Click to learn more
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SCI Superstar: Dorine Bourneton
Meet SPINALpedia's high flying high SCI Superstar this week Dorine Bourneton! The first woman with a disability to receive her acrobatic flying license, this paraplegic from France, paralyzed in a plane crash when she was 16, has kept on doing what she loves, and now impresses crowds at air shows throughout France. Bravo Dorine!
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Rolling in the Trees: Wheelchair Accessible Treehouses
Whether a 100 ft long ramp or a lift is utilized, making a treehouse wheelchair accessible is totally possible! Watch three videos on SPINALpedia showcasing three different accessible treehouses, including one stunner of a treehouse found in the English countryside, and another made for the Treehouse Masters TV show.
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SCI Superstar: Sang-Mook Lee
An oceanographer and Professor of Geophysics at Seoul National University, Lee Sang-mook may be your new favorite scientist. He was injured on a field trip in Death Valley in 2006, but the strides he's made in his field and for the disabled Korea since are simply stunning. Learn his amazing story on SPINALpedia!
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DIYs by Spinal Cord Injured Folks We Love, Pt. II
Homemade off-road chair? Wha? Homemade beach wheelchair?? Ok I'm liking this. Here are 3 brand new DIY videos from wheelers to hit the web in the last few weeks, brought to you by SPINALpedia.
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Ultimate Accessible Apartment Living
So many SCI survivors live in apartments - good post idea! How have you modified your apartment to make it work best for you? Check out three videos from SPINALpedia giving tours of accessible apartments, including how to make a semi-accessible pad work and a breathtaking apartment for inpatient newbies, offered by SCI Australia.
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Quadriplegic Animator Launches Kickstarter Campaign
He hails from South Carolina, but has his sights set on sharing REDNECK NINJAS with the world.
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SCI Superstar: Mark E. Felling
The “mad scientist” of adapted technology, Mark Felling, Engineer, Patented Inventor and Founder of adapted gear profferer Broadened Horizons, is a quadriplegic on a mission.
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Wheelchair Dating Advice Direct from the Source
Some very good + insightful wheelchair dating advice - how to date us, what to do & not to do - from three disabled folk. Chase, a young man with paraplegia, Sonja D., a woman with Lupus, and Tiffany P., a paraplegic from Staten Island, NY who has no problem telling it like it is. You'll like this one if Savage Love is your thing, all direct from SPINALpedia!
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SCI Superstar: Hilary Lister
Paralyzed from the neck down from a rare degenerative disease, peek in on the incredible life of renowned sailor and yacht-person Hilary Lister on SPINALpedia. A fierce Brit who's set numerous world records, including being the FIRST female w/ a disability to sail solo around Britain back in 2009, and she does it all with a Sip 'n Puff setup. She rocks!
